Michael Arrieta
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Founder and CEO | Garden City
Michael currently serves as the Founder and CEO of Garden City, a purpose-driven buyout holding company that has raised $40M of permanent capital to buy, grow, and forever-hold service companies across the Southeast. Once acquired, Garden City seeks to grow them through culture, technology and sales.
Most recently, Michael was an early employee at DocuSign where he served as Global Vice President, General Manager, and Chief of Staff to the CEO. DocuSign has now achieved a $40B market cap with 5,000 employees.
In 2016, he founded MAV Ventures, a venture capital group that has invested in over twenty companies ranging from technology to healthcare to consumer goods.
Michael co-founded New Story, a non-profit that has built 2,000+ homes in developing countries and recognized for creating the world’s first-ever 3D Home Printer. Year ago, he was recognized by Forbes as “30 under 30” for his social entrepreneurship work. He graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management, now lives in Atlanta and has a wife and two children.
Mike is a follower of Jesus and seeks to honor God in everything he does.
Michael Arrieta, CEO and Founder of Garden City Companies, shares the secret behind a successful holding company.